Am I Michael J Fox or Bill Murray?
I stirred from a deep slumber this morning, and I don’t know exactly what it was, but something wasn’t quite right. It was like a nagging fear was tugging at me that Paul Roy was back in charge of the...
View ArticleThe anonymous King Canute
I remember so well when I first phoned the then Chief Executive of the ABB about Betfair. Naive young chap that I was, 29 years old and excited about the new product I was calling to talk about, I...
View ArticleLessons from Cheltenham
At the Cheltenham Festival in 2005, I had one of the more surreal experiences of my working life – perhaps more surreal still, in light of what has happened since. It was Gold Cup Day – Friday 18th...
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Ladbrokes exchange
I know, it’s all change in management and things… And it was a long, long time ago… But I just can’t resist (hard though I have tried) putting this clip up alongside a link to this May 2004 report...
View ArticleRobert Nason, where are you now?
Just when I thought that the news of Ladbrokes’ new exchange was the final and complete vindication of what we were trying to do with the launch of Betfair 13 years ago, news reaches my ears of an...
View ArticleA bit more of Bobby N
Having looked through the archive for my last post, I just can’t resist posting the audio of this Robert Nason interview, from 8th September 2004, which will amuse those of you who like a bit of...
View ArticleFollowing on from yesterday…
I went on Iain Dale’s LBC radio show yesterday on the back of my post about the Daily Mail’s headline, and doing so raised a number of points that I’d like to clarify. First, although I forget the...
View ArticleIs this over-sharing? Feels like it to me…
I’ve been looking a lot at the requirements of the in-coming gambling legislation and there’s one part of it that has me scratching my head more than any other. It relates to the sharing of information...
View ArticlePriceless forum post: Devilfish, take a bow
I am just going over some old Betfair memorabilia, and I came across this post from the forum from October 2003 which I found so entertaining at the time that I kept it. Those were the days…! Posted...
View ArticleWhy Betfair shares are still a buy
Betfair’s share price is up more than 10% in three weeks and 5% in the last two days, following their announcement of Q2 figures on Monday morning that showed 22% year-on-year growth. This much is well...
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